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President Barack Obama said Friday that the U.S. government is doing everything it can to permanently stop the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico and to mitigate the damage done to the local ecosystem and economy.In televised stat
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JOHANNESBURG AP 鈥?Africa coronavirus cases have surged 43% in the past week but its countries are dangerously behind in the global race for scarce medical equipment. Ten nations have no ventilators at all.Outbid by richer countries, and not receiving medical gear from top aid donor the United States, African officials scramble for solutions as reported virus cases have climbed past 27,000. Even in the best scenario, the United Nations says 74 million test kits and 30,000 ventilators will be needed by the continent 1.3 billion people this year. Very few are in hand.We are competing with the developed world, said John Nkengasong, director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The very future of the continent will depend on
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CHICAGO AP 鈥?More than 2,000 pro-Palestinian protesters marched Wednesday past a park where pro-Israel demonstrators had gathered earlier and toward the arena hosting the third night of the Democratic National Convention.The demonstration, which stayed largely peaceful, came a day after violent clashes between police and protesters led to 56 arrests at a much smaller unsanctioned protest outside the Israeli Consulate.WATCH: What delegates and protesters want from Harris on GazaOrganizers of Wednesday demonstration drew on the Chicago area Palestinian community, one of the largest in the country, by bringing buses from suburban mosques.Raed Shuk, 48, came with his children from the suburbs, including his 2-year-old son, who sat on Shuks shoulders ahead of the march. Shuk, whose parents are Palestinian, said they have come to so many rallies that his son knows the chants by heart. Everybodys humanity needs to be equally addressed here and there, he said of Gaza. I want to help my children learn from this experience that you always like to stand up for your rights and always peacefully protest. The march, one of the largest anticipated demonstrations of the week, took on a fe
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A Pakistani court in Lahore has acquitted CIA contractor Raymond Davis of murder. Davis was held after he shot and killed two Pakistanis he said were trying to rob him. A third died after being struck by a vehicle rushing to aid Davis.Relatives of the victims confirmed receiving blood money in the case and were in court for the acquittal. The exchange is allowed by Pakistani law.Davis, a 36-year-old former Green Beret, was arrested on Jan. 27, setting off a tense diplomatic situation as the United
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DALLAS AP 鈥?A San Antonio doctor who said he performed an abortion in defiance of a new Texas law all but dared supporters of the state near-tota
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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?In a major legal setback for President Donald Trump on a high-profile consumer issue, a federal appeals court has ruled that his administration lacks the legal authority to force drug companies to disclose prices in thei
salomon r TV ads.The ruling denies Trump an easy-to-understand win on a major reelection priority for the White House, bringing down the cost of prescription medicines. Where most plans to overhaul the cost of drugs are complex, mandating that companies disclose prices is something any consumer can relate to.Separate from the court case, legislation that would lower drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries with high bills is stuck in Congress. It unclear that Trump can get it moving, since it would require some hard compromises for both Republicans and Democrats. There also a separate bill that would require drug companies to disclose their prices in consumer advertising.Trump, however, is not empty-handed. His administration recently brokered an agreement with drug companies and insurers that would give Medicare recipients taking insulin the ability to limit their copays to $35 a month, starting next year.WATCH: Biden delivers remarks in Darby, Penn., on reopening the country amid coronavirusOn TV ads, the unanimous decision by a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
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Hefty write-downs related to mortgages聽and tightened credit reached about $12 billion, and costs tied to consumers ;聽credit problems surpassed $3 billion, the bank said Friday, according to TheAssociated Press.The loss of $5.1 billion, or $1.02 a聽share, off its total investment portfolio was deeper than Wall Street had聽expected and took the bank total loss over the past two quarters to nearly聽$15 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported.In a conference call, Citigroup chief聽financial officer Gary Crittenden said the bank, seeking t
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WASHINGTON 鈥?With just a week before the Olympic Games begin on the Korean peninsula, President Donald Trump on Friday sought to increase pressure on Pyongyang over its nuclear program by consulting with allies and highlighting the human rights abuses suffered by defectors from North Korea.Trump hosted about a half-dozen North Korean defectors in the Oval Office, including Ji Seong-ho, who had used crutches to escape the reclusive country after a train ran over his limbs. Days earlier, Ji raised his crutches in triumph when Trump singled him out during his State of the Union address.Trump called the defectors great people that have suffered incredibly. Trump called the defectors great people that have suffered incredibly. There were many, many others like them that have suffered so much, he said.Among the others Trump hosted were Hyeonseo Lee, an author who wrote about her escap
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DETROIT 鈥?As a barrier-breaking year draws to a close, there one undeniable fact: the strength of Black political power.Black voters were a critical part of the coalition that clinched President-elect Joe Bidens White House bid. The nation will swear in its first Black woman and first person of South Asian descent as vice president,
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Health and Human Services secretary nominee Tom Price showed little restraint in his personal stock trading during the three years that federal investigators were bearing down on a key House committee on which the Republican congressman served, a review of his financial disclosures shows.Price made dozens of health industry stock trades during a three-year investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission that focu
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asics federal investigation, which scrutinized a top Ways and Means staffer, and no charges were brought. But ethics experts say Prices personal trading, even during the thick of federal pressure on his committee, shows he was unconcerned about financial investments that could create an appearance of impropriety. He should have known better, Richard Painter, former White House chief ethics attorney under President George W. Bush and a professor at the University of Minnesota Law School said of Prices conduct during the SEC inquiry.As Price awaits a Senate vote on his confirmation, Senate Democrats and a number of watchdog groups have asked the SEC to investigate whether Price engaged in insider trading with some of his trades in health care companies. Price ha
